Conference
Program
| Thursday, May 4, 2023 | |
| 10:00–10:15 a.m. | Welcome & Introduction Dimitri Papadimitriou | Levy Economics Institute |
| 10:15–11:45 p.m. | SESSION I: UNEMPLOYMENT AND JOB CREATION MODERATOR: Joe Weisenthal | Bloomberg SPEAKERS: Daniel Alpert | Westwood Capital; Cornell Law School Remarks in PDF Skanda Amarnath | Employ America Remarks in PDF Pavlina Tcherneva | Levy Economics Institute; Bard College/OSUN Economics Democracy Initiative |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Break |
| 12:00–1:30 p.m. | SESSION II: THE US MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK MODERATOR: Harriet Torry | Wall Street Journal SPEAKERS: Bruce Kasman | JPMorgan Chase Remarks in PDF Michalis Nikiforos | Levy Economics Institute; University of Geneva Remarks in PDF Torsten Sløk | Apollo Global Management, Inc. |
| 1:30–1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45–3:15 p.m. | SESSION III: CLIMATE CHANGE AND FISCAL/MONETARY POLICY MODERATOR: Peter Coy | The New York Times SPEAKERS: Yannis Dafermos | SOAS University of London Remarks in PDF Maria Nikolaidi | University of Greenwich Remarks in PDF William Oman | International Monetary Fund, Monetary and Capital Markets Remarks in PDF |
| 3:15–3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30–5:00 p.m. | SESSION IV: INFLATION MODERATOR: Dimitri Papadimitriou | Levy Economics Institute SPEAKERS: James K. Galbraith | LBJ School of Public Affairs; Levy Economics Institute Remarks in PDF Isabella M. Weber | University of Massachusetts Amherst L. Randall Wray | Levy Economics Institute Remarks in PDF Yeva Nersisyan | Franklin and Marshall College and Levy Institute |